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'''Stormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KBE|TD}} (27 July 1914 – 14 September 1987), born '''Stormont Mancroft Samuel''',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1047.htm |title=Mancroft, Baron (UK, 1937) |accessdate=6 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525201555/http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/index1047.htm |archivedate=25 May 2010 }}</ref> was a [[Conservative Party (UK)|British Conservative]] politician.

==Early life==
Mancroft was the son of [[Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft]], and [[Phoebe Fletcher]]. In 1925 he assumed by [[deed poll]] the surname "Mancroft". He was educated at [[Winchester College]], Kingsgate House (K), [[Christ Church, Oxford]], obtaining a law degree, and [[Bonn]] University, where he studied music. In 1938 he became a [[barrister]] at the [[Inner Temple]].<ref>Old Wykehamist Register 1974, page 213</ref> He served in the [[Second World War]] as a [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] in the [[British Army during the Second World War|British Army]], was twice [[Mentioned in Despatches]] and awarded the [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]].

==Political career==
After the war, he served in the [[Third Churchill ministry|Conservative administrations]] of [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Anthony Eden]] as a [[government whip]] from 1952 to 1954 and as [[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]] from 1954 to 1957. When [[Harold Macmillan]] became Prime Minister in January 1957, Mancroft was appointed [[Parliamentary Secretary]] to the [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]], [[Duncan Sandys]], a post he held until June the same year, and was then [[Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Minister without Portfolio]] from 1957 to 1958.

==Writing==
He was a frequent contributor of humorous articles to [[Punch (magazine)|Punch]] magazine and other publications. Three books of his articles have been published:
*"Booking the Cooks", 1969.<ref>{{cite book|title=Booking the Cooks|year=1969|publisher=K. Mason|pages=135|author=Stormont Mancroft|authorlink=Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft}}</ref>
*"A Chinaman in My Bath, and Other Pieces", 1974.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Chinaman in My Bath, and Other Pieces|year=1974|publisher=Bachman & Turner|isbn=9780859740104|pages=188|author=Stormont Mancroft|authorlink=Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft}}</ref>
*"Bees in some Bonnets", 1979.<ref>{{cite book|title=Bees in some Bonnets|year=1979|publisher=Bachman & Turner|pages=214|author=Stormont Mancroft|authorlink=Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft}}</ref>
Over half of the third book consists of material published in the previous two books.

==Family==
Lord Mancroft married Diana Lloyd, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Horace Lloyd, on 8 May 1951. They have three children:
*Hon. Victoria Lucinda Mancroft (7 March 1952), married Prince Frederick Nicholas of Prussia (son of [[Prince Frederick of Prussia (1911–1966)|Prince Frederick of Prussia]]) on 27 February 1980.
*Hon. Jessica Rosetta Mancroft (10 May 1954), married Simon Dickinson on 15 October 1983.
*[[Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft]] (16 May 1957), married Emma Louisa Peart on 20 September 1990.

Diana Lloyd was married before to Richard Bridges St. John Quarry. They have two daughters: Venetia, Mrs Frederick Barker, then Viscountess Wimborne (born 1942),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theoldmapshop.com/products/miss-venetia-quarry-country-life-magazine-portrait-november-8-1962-vol-cxxxii-no-3427?pr_prod_strat=description&pr_rec_id=ab73123e2&pr_rec_pid=6706349670460&pr_ref_pid=6734760673340&pr_seq=uniform | title=Miss Venetia Quarry Country Life Magazine Portrait November 8, 1962 Vol. CXXXII No. 3427 }}</ref> and [[Miranda Macmillan|Miranda, Countess of Stockton]] (1947–2020).


==Resources==
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

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